Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a 25-year-old notorious gangster, wanted in several cases of murder and extortion in different states including Haryana and Gujarat.
The accused, identified as Anand alias Sagar, was arrested by the police from near Kashmere Gate bus stand on Monday following a tip-off. Haryana Police had declared a cash reward of Rs 25,000 on information leading to his arrest. A semi- automatic pistol and half-a-dozen cartridges were recovered from him.
"He was wanted for several sensational crimes in many states. He has been arrested and a case under the Arms Act has been registered... During preliminary interrogation, he has disclosed that he, along with his aides Akshay, Anil and Sukhdev, was running an extortion racket in and around the areas of Karnal, Haryana," said DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav.
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In the month of October 2013, he along with his aides had murdered a jeweller of Assandh village for not yielding to their demands of extortion. Since the accused had been absconding. A reward of Rs 25,000 had been declared by the Haryana Police on his arrest in this case.
In January 2015, when the accused was at a hideout in Gujarat, one of his old associates, Afroz, contacted him for extorting money from a textile businessman of Kutch, Gujarat.
Anand hatched a conspiracy with Afroz, Ali and Rafiq for murdering the businessman after receiving the extortion money. An extortion call was made to the businessman, Sachin. After negotiations, the amount was settled as Rs 60 lakh.
The next day, when Sachin reached a hotel in Gandhidham, Gujarat along with cash Rs 60 lakh, Anand got suspicious about the presence of police and had to escape from the place without collecting the extortion money.
Irked by police's involvement in the case, he kidnapped Sachin's business partner Ashish as revenge. The gangster and his associates stayed in Uttarakhand forests for a few days with the abducted victim till they realised the ransom amount. The victim was then abandoned in Muzaffarnagar.
